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  • College Affordability and the "Middle Class Squeeze"
    June 15, 2006 - College Parents of America
    College costs are a problem for the vast majority of parents and students because the dollars required to meet school expectations are often far above and beyond what is available in a family’s monthly budget.
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  • How to be Helpful During Your Student’s Junior Year
    Tips for Parents from Dr. Kat Cohen, founder of ApplyWise.
    June 8, 2006 - College Parents of America
    Start the academic year with a bang! If you don’t know what courses they’re taking this year, you should. If you get excited about learning they will too. Find out what is on their reading lists for English and history. Engage your child in conversations about the...
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  • How to be Helpful During Your Student’s Senior Year
    Tips for Parents from Dr. Kat Cohen, founder of ApplyWise.
    June 8, 2006 - College Parents of America
    Don't panic. You don’t want to add to the already-existing college admissions stress. Remain calm and level-headed. Your child will go to college. It may not be the college that either one of you had in mind, but ultimately students usually end up where they are...
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  • Commission Hearing Puts Spotlight on College Parents
    May 25, 2006 - College Parents of America
    In April 2006, a field hearing of the U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education provided an opportunity for College Parents of America to gain visibility and credibility with a group of influential higher ed decision-makers. The commission...
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  • Rigor In High School Courses Sets Up College Success
    March 30, 2006 - College Parents of America
    You don't need to visit this Web site to know – or easily guess – that a high school diploma requires a certain number of completed courses for credit, a figure that varies across the country. That makes sense, of course. There has to be some sort of minimum bar that all...
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  • Making a Resume Stand Out
    By Brad Karsh, President of JobBound
    March 2, 2006 - College Parents of America
    Your child has dedicated a large amount of time and effort to his/her college education and experience, and accomplished a great deal. You know it. Your family knows it, but when it comes to landing that first job or internship, your child needs to make sure the recruiting...
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  • Networking Your Way to a Job
    By Brad Karsh, President of JobBound
    February 7, 2006 - College Parents of America
    It’s estimated that more than sixty percent of jobs are found through networking while fewer than four percent are found over the Internet. For every hour your child spends searching for jobs online, is he/she spending 16 hours networking? That’s doubtful! The single best...
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  • New Year's Resolutions at College Parents of America
    January 2, 2006 - College Parents of America
    It's the New Year, a time for resolutions. Here are some resolutions from me to you, followed by some suggested resolutions for you to make to your children. At College Parents of America, I and my team resolve to:
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  • SUMMIT ON COLLEGE COSTS FOCUSES ON SOLUTIONS
    November 7, 2005 - College Parents of America
    Sometimes Washington, DC can be very frustrating. It's a place where there is often much talk, but no action, or action that may take months or years to have a real impact on families. Yet, at other times, Washington, DC can be uplifting, a place where bright and dedicated...
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  • A College Degree and a Dollar Will Get You Four Quarters
    By Bill Coplin
    November 1, 2005 - College Parents of America
    A Texas prison inmate wrote me recently asking for a free copy of my book after reading about it in a newspaper column on the importance of soft skills in the job hunt. He justified the request with a claim that he achieved a 3.7 GPA in getting his associate's degree and "...
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